Dry mop dust cleaner



De'c. 9, 195s A. FLAM 2,863,163

DRY MOP DUST CLEANER Filed July 15, 1957 United States Patent O This invention relates to cleaning implements `and more particularly to a device for removing dust from dry mops.

This invention is also an improvement upon my dry mop dust cleaner described and claimed in my previously issued Patent No. 2,787,015, dated April 2, 1957. Therefore, it is a primary object of this invention to provide a dust mop cleaner that is adapted to completely remove `any dust particles contained within the strands of the mop and to prevent the dust removed therefrom from being entrained in the surrounding atmosphere during actual use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dust remover for dry mops that may be selectively supported upon the door for receiving the dust from the mop in a sheet of paper or for mounting the device upon the top of an open pail for depositing the dust removed from the mop directly into the closed receptacle.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from a study of the following specication, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dust mop cleaner made in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device shown in Figure 1 in operative use;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the device being used in connection with a pail;

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse cross sectional View taken along line 4 4 of Figure l; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged transverse cross sectional View taken along line 5 5 of Figure 1.

With reference to the accompanying drawing, a dry mop dust cleaner 10 made in accordance with the present invention is shown to include an inverted hollow frusto conical chute 12 that has a swivel eye 14 mounted adjacent to one peripheral thereof for hanging the device upon a hook or nail. The opposite end of the chute 12 is provided with a pair of diametrically opposite pivotal wire tabs 16 which may be rotated from an inoperative position 16a to an open position 16 for purposes hereinafter described.

A plurality of radially extending arms 18 are disposed substantially midway between the open ends of the chute 12. Each of these arms 18 is provided with an outwardly turned leg 20 which extends toward the larger opening of the chute for securing the adjacent end of the arm 18 to the chute side wall. The opposite end of each arm 18 is integrally connected to, such as by welding 23, a mounting plate 22 of substantially circular configuration.

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This mounting plate 22 is concentric with the longitudinal axis of the chute 12. Each of the arms 18 and associated legs 2t) is also provided with longitudinally spaced teeth 25 which act to remove the dust from the dry mop in a manner hereinafter explained. A circular support plate 27 is rotatably mounted upon the mounting plate 22 by means of a bolt 29 and spacer 28, as clearly shown in Figure 5. This plate 27 is also provided with teeth 30 for gripping a mop head placed thereon.

In actual use, the head 32 of the mop is placed upon the rotatable support plate 27, so that by rotating the handle 33 of the mop, the head 32 may rotate with the support plate 27 relative to the fixed teeth 2S of the radially extending arms 18 and upwardly turned legs 20. As the mop head rotates, all of the loops thereof are thrust against these stationary teeth, whereby the impact is operative to free any dust contained therein so that the dust will drop downwardly through the open smaller end of the chute. In Figure 2 of the drawing,` the device 10 is shown in use for discharging the dust from the mop directly onto a sheet of paper 36, the wire tabs 16 being used to secure the chute in proper position by the feet While the mop handle is rotated by hand. In Figure 3 of the drawing, the device is shown in use upon the open end of the pail 35 so that the dust is discharged directly into the interior of the pail in response to the rotation of the mop handle 33. In this position, the wire tabs 16a are in the inoperative position so that the chute 12 is snugly received Within the open end of the pail. In either case, the removed dust is conned to the interior of the chute 12 until it is finally discharged in either of the aforementioned ways.

While this invention has been described with particular ureference to the construction shown in the drawing, it is to be understood that such is not to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention, which is best de lined by the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent:

1. A dry mop dust cleaner comprising, in combination, an inverted frusto conical chute open at both longitudinal ends, a plurality of intersecting radially extending bars concentric with and supported withinsaid chute, teeth means carried by said bars for striking va mop head rotated in proximity therewith within said chute, one end of each of said bars being provided with an angularly related securement leg at one end extending toward the end opening of largest diameter of said chute, the opposite end of each of said bars being secured to a common circular mounting plate concentric with said chute, and a support plate rotatably carried by said mounting plate in close proximity therewith.

2. A mop cleaner as set forth in claim 1,. wherein said support plate includes a plurality of teeth for gripping the mop head for rotation therewith relative to said bars.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,606,866 Boren Nov. 16, 1926 1,943,449 Marshall Jan. 16, 1934 2,581,346 Autry Jan. 8, 1952 2,787,015 Flam Apr. 2, 1957 

